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Afghanistan Population

Benin Population

LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY

GOOD

POOR

AFGHANISTAN

BENIN

World Rank

World Rank

Male

Female

All

M

F

All

Male

Female

All

M

F

All

1960

31.6

31.0

31.3

171

172

172

40.5

42.9

41.7

140

137

138

1970

35.5

35.0

35.3

171

173

172

44.7

47.6

46.1

139

138

138

1980

39.5

39.1

39.3

172

175

173

48.6

51.8

50.1

145

142

143

1990

41.4

41.3

41.3

178

181

180

52.0

54.5

53.2

152

153

153

2000

53.7

56.1

54.8

150

150

150

54.1

56.6

55.4

149

149

149

2010

57.7

60.1

58.8

154

155

154

57.5

59.9

58.7

155

157

155

2015

59.3

61.9

60.5

159

161

161

58.8

61.1

60.0

163

165

162

LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE

GOOD

POOR

AFGHANISTAN

BENIN

World Rank

World Rank

Male

Female

M

F

Male

Female

M

F

At Birth

59.3

61.9

159

161

58.8

61.1

163

165

Age 5

65.4

67.7

151

155

65.5

67.3

150

160

Age 10

65.9

68.3

153

160

66.2

68.2

149

161

Age 15

66.4

68.8

153

159

66.7

68.7

150

161

Age 20

67.1

69.4

151

159

67.2

69.3

147

161

Age 25

67.9

70.2

147

158

68.0

70.1

144

159

Age 30

68.8

70.9

146

156

68.8

70.9

145

158

Age 35

69.6

71.7

145

157

69.6

71.7

147

159

Age 40

70.4

72.5

148

159

70.4

72.5

151

160

Age 45

71.3

73.3

157

163

71.3

73.3

158

165

Age 50

72.4

74.3

158

165

72.3

74.1

163

170

Age 55

73.7

75.4

161

168

73.6

75.1

163

173

Age 60

75.3

76.7

161

169

75.0

76.2

169

176

Age 65

77.2

78.3

164

169

76.8

77.7

173

177

Age 70

79.4

80.3

161

168

78.9

79.5

175

176

Age 75

82.1

82.7

158

164

81.4

81.9

176

177

Age 80

85.2

85.6

159

162

84.5

84.9

177

177

Age 85

88.8

89.1

163

165

88.2

88.4

177

178

Age 90

92.7

93.0

163

164

92.3

92.5

176

177

Age 95

97.1

97.3

161

158

96.8

97.0

176

176

Age 100

101.7

101.8

146

152

101.5

101.6

172

174

TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

AFGHANISTAN

BENIN

TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH

Rate

World Rank

Rate

World Rank

1.

Coronary Heart Disease

193.21

20

113.55

55

2.

Stroke

164.46

14

149.35

25

3.

Influenza and Pneumonia

97.78

44

176.42

14

4.

Tuberculosis

70.41

13

14.46

57

5.

War

58.97

3

0.00

172

6.

Diarrhoeal diseases

37.28

42

47.50

37

7.

Diabetes Mellitus

32.89

71

44.04

37

8.

Other Injuries

28.77

17

17.73

50

9.

Road Traffic Accidents

27.82

23

27.30

26

10.

Lung Disease

27.77

43

20.64

75

11.

Rheumatic Heart Disease

27.57

1

6.99

53

12.

Hypertension

26.97

25

20.40

54

13.

Low Birth Weight

23.21

22

20.54

29

14.

Breast Cancer

23.03

20

16.63

85

15.

Birth Trauma

19.90

21

16.93

37

16.

Maternal Conditions

19.58

25

15.40

34

17.

Liver Disease

16.50

83

31.06

25

18.

Malnutrition

15.46

41

36.80

23

19.

Violence

15.45

27

9.07

58

20.

Stomach Cancer

15.08

24

3.72

126

21.

Kidney Disease

13.95

88

17.01

62

22.

Asthma

13.62

22

9.66

44

23.

Meningitis

13.18

37

36.03

15

24.

Peptic Ulcer Disease

13.11

17

15.86

8

25.

Oesophagus Cancer

10.59

13

0.72

154

26.

Congenital Anomalies

10.40

40

8.95

77

27.

Drownings

9.16

23

5.52

60

28.

Oral Cancer

8.41

11

3.01

83

29.

Poisonings

8.21

6

2.13

62

30.

Fires

7.60

41

9.19

35

31.

Cervical Cancer

7.55

92

19.41

32

32.

Lung Cancers

7.18

112

1.50

156

33.

Endocrine Disorders

7.15

71

12.35

40

34.

Inflammatory/Heart

7.06

88

10.85

47

35.

Other Neoplasms

6.78

9

3.61

52

36.

Lymphomas

6.47

41

3.63

118

37.

Measles

6.34

10

2.59

27

38.

Liver Cancer

6.08

71

12.97

21

39.

Falls

5.86

79

15.97

15

40.

Suicide

5.63

114

5.39

118

41.

Prostate Cancer

5.50

151

28.04

25

42.

Colon-Rectum Cancers

5.11

119

3.62

146

43.

Uterin Cancer

4.50

18

1.43

113

44.

Ovary Cancer

3.72

101

2.95

135

45.

Appendicitis

3.50

21

7.70

10

46.

Skin Disease

3.27

57

5.73

28

47.

Encephalitis

3.02

14

1.85

35

48.

Bladder Cancer

3.00

58

1.30

126

49.

Epilepsy

2.90

65

13.89

11

50.

Leukemia

2.72

120

1.06

160

TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE

PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES

AFGHANISTAN

BENIN

Deaths

%

Deaths

%

1.

Influenza and Pneumonia

28,841

12.81

11,541

14.34

2.

Coronary Heart Disease

20,327

9.03

4,653

5.78

3.

Diarrhoeal diseases

15,977

7.10

4,840

6.02

4.

Stroke

15,467

6.87

5,969

7.42

5.

War

14,848

6.59

0

0.00

6.

Low Birth Weight

12,980

5.76

3,776

4.69

7.

Birth Trauma

11,130

4.94

3,112

3.87

8.

Tuberculosis

11,055

4.91

940

1.17

9.

Other Injuries

7,932

3.52

1,493

1.86

10.

Road Traffic Accidents

6,448

2.86

2,273

2.83

11.

Meningitis

4,593

2.04

3,134

3.90

12.

Maternal Conditions

4,552

2.02

1,302

1.62

13.

Congenital Anomalies

4,167

1.85

1,523

1.89

14.

Malnutrition

4,132

1.83

2,726

3.39

15.

Violence

3,965

1.76

826

1.03

16.

Rheumatic Heart Disease

3,831

1.70

369

0.46

17.

Diabetes Mellitus

3,608

1.60

1,917

2.38

18.

Measles

3,526

1.57

425

0.53

19.

Drownings

3,239

1.44

556

0.69

20.

Lung Disease

2,874

1.28

859

1.07

21.

Hypertension

2,762

1.23

804

1.00

22.

Liver Disease

2,488

1.10

1,739

2.16

23.

Kidney Disease

2,380

1.06

923

1.15

24.

Poisonings

2,196

0.98

221

0.28

25.

Fires

2,193

0.97

1,003

1.25

26.

Endocrine Disorders

1,870

0.83

1,005

1.25

27.

Peptic Ulcer Disease

1,779

0.79

744

0.92

28.

Breast Cancer

1,692

0.75

476

0.59

29.

Stomach Cancer

1,677

0.74

171

0.21

30.

Asthma

1,658

0.74

519

0.65

31.

Tetanus

1,374

0.61

117

0.15

32.

Falls

1,340

0.60

1,090

1.35

33.

Pertussis

1,280

0.57

382

0.48

34.

Oesophagus Cancer

1,216

0.54

37

0.05

35.

Encephalitis

1,208

0.54

144

0.18

36.

Suicide

1,205

0.54

368

0.46

37.

Lymphomas

1,118

0.50

219

0.27

38.

Inflammatory/Heart

1,094

0.49

570

0.71

39.

Oral Cancer

1,070

0.48

157

0.20

40.

Other Neoplasms

928

0.41

186

0.23

41.

Lung Cancers

852

0.38

66

0.08

42.

Appendicitis

789

0.35

439

0.55

43.

Liver Cancer

723

0.32

686

0.85

44.

Colon-Rectum Cancers

709

0.31

187

0.23

45.

Leukemia

699

0.31

67

0.08

46.

Epilepsy

636

0.28

1,242

1.54

47.

Cervical Cancer

569

0.25

482

0.60

48.

Skin Disease

554

0.25

314

0.39

49.

Drug Use

542

0.24

17

0.02

50.

Syphilis

446

0.20

269

0.33

CANCER RANK BY TYPE

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

AFGHANISTAN

BENIN

Rate

World Rank

Rate

World Rank

1.

Breast Cancer

23.03

20

16.63

85

2.

Stomach Cancer

15.08

24

3.72

126

3.

Oesophagus Cancer

10.59

13

0.72

154

4.

Oral Cancer

8.41

11

3.01

83

5.

Cervical Cancer

7.55

92

19.41

32

6.

Lung Cancers

7.18

112

1.50

156

7.

Lymphomas

6.47

41

3.63

118

8.

Liver Cancer

6.08

71

12.97

21

9.

Prostate Cancer

5.50

151

28.04

25

10.

Colon-Rectum Cancers

5.11

119

3.62

146

11.

Uterin Cancer

4.50

18

1.43

113

12.

Ovary Cancer

3.72

101

2.95

135

13.

Bladder Cancer

3.00

58

1.30

126

14.

Leukemia

2.72

120

1.06

160

15.

Pancreas Cancer

1.49

129

0.55

166

16.

Skin Cancers

1.25

115

1.40

101

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.

World Rankings Calculations Are Age Adjusted Death Rates Per 100,000 Population.

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